Fugitive Found Hiding Inside Dumpster In Stafford: Police

STAFFORD, VA—A fugitive wanted for more than a half dozen offenses was found hiding in a garbage dumpster Sunday afternoon in the Garrison Woods neighborhood, according to the Stafford County Sheriff's Office.

Ziare Maurice Walker-Zalfoz, 18, of Stafford, was charged with eluding police, grand larceny, reckless driving, hit and run, destruction of property, intentional damage to monument or memorial, driving without a license and unlawful purchase of alcohol.

Authorities had been looking for him since Sept. 17, when he stole a vehicle and fled from police after a traffic violation. But around 9 a.m. Sunday, police received a phone call from a woman who said a wanted person—Walker-Zalfoz—had been trespassing at her property on Ebenezer Church Road. She agreed to escort officers to her house, where she expected Walker-Zalfoz and a family member to be there.

When police arrived, he wasn't there but there was a plate of warm food on the counter. So they began searching the area and spotted Walker-Zalfoz and two others on the east side of Garrisonville Road walking toward the Jessica Cheney Bridge. And sure enough, when police pulled a cruiser in front of them, Waker-Zalfoz began running in the opposite direction.

He lost the police, who continued the search. He was found two hours later in the dumpster.

Photo: Stafford County Sheriff's Office